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wantonsoup

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I've been driving a Leaf for 3 weeks and have discovered three things that I'm wondering if people could comment on.

1) Can the doors be programmed to unlock when you go into Park? It's annoying to have to manually unlock the door when I'm getting the mail every day. (Yes, I know they unlock when I completely turn off the car)

2) Can you open the charging hatch without turning off the car?

3) The brakes are super touchy. Does this improve with time and usage? I find it hard to stay stopped at red lights, the car lurches forward unless I CRAM my foot into the pedal. And it's hard to stop smoothly in general, it always "catches" at the last second and brakes really hard.

Thanks!
 
wantonsoup said:
I've been driving a Leaf for 3 weeks and have discovered three things that I'm wondering if people could comment on.

1) Can the doors be programmed to unlock when you go into Park? It's annoying to have to manually unlock the door when I'm getting the mail every day. (Yes, I know they unlock when I completely turn off the car)

2) Can you open the charging hatch without turning off the car?

3) The brakes are super touchy. Does this improve with time and usage? I find it hard to stay stopped at red lights, the car lurches forward unless I CRAM my foot into the pedal. And it's hard to stop smoothly in general, it always "catches" at the last second and brakes really hard.

Thanks!
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#1 can be done by Leaf specialist at the dealer. I had it done.

#2 yes, I do it as I pull into the driveway at home.

#3 Search this forum for a thread on it. I think there was a mention of a software fix but, don't quote me on it.

Ian B
 
wantonsoup said:
I've been driving a Leaf for 3 weeks and have discovered three things that I'm wondering if people could comment on.

1) Can the doors be programmed to unlock when you go into Park? It's annoying to have to manually unlock the door when I'm getting the mail every day. (Yes, I know they unlock when I completely turn off the car)
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The dealer can program combinations of door lock+unlock with their "Consult" tool. Depending on the combination, it can actually be kind of tricky; it took my guy about 20 minutes to figure it out back then (should be more experienced now).
 
MrIanB said:
wantonsoup said:
2) Can you open the charging hatch without turning off the car?
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#2 yes, I do it as I pull into the driveway at home.
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IIRC, the 2013's have an electronic latch instead of the cabled latch that the 11's and 12's have.
I guess there's a "safety" that prevents it from opening while the car is turned on.
 
garsh said:
MrIanB said:
wantonsoup said:
2) Can you open the charging hatch without turning off the car?
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#2 yes, I do it as I pull into the driveway at home.
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IIRC, the 2013's have an electronic latch instead of the cabled latch that the 11's and 12's have.
I guess there's a "safety" that prevents it from opening while the car is turned on.
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Sooooo...... They changed it so if the car is 100% dead... you can't open the electrically operated charger port to charge it back up?

Okey Dokey.
 
The charge port works from the 12v system. If the car is "dead", it's the 12v system anyway. The fix for both problems requires you to pop the hood and connect 12v to the auxiliary battery. The car would not charge otherwise, even if you could access the port.
 
wantonsoup said:
Stanton said:
wantonsoup said:
1) Can the doors be programmed to unlock when you go into Park? It's annoying to have to manually unlock the door when I'm getting the mail every day. (Yes, I know they unlock when I completely turn off the car)
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The dealer can program combinations of door lock+unlock with their "Consult" tool. Depending on the combination, it can actually be kind of tricky
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Is there a guide on what the options are?
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From the Service Manual:
Automatic door lock function mode can be selected from the following in this mode
• VH SPD: All doors are locked when vehicle speed more than 24km/h (15MPH)
• P RANGE: All doors are locked when shifting the selector lever from P position to other than the P position

Automatic door unlock function mode can be selected from the following in the mode
• MODE 1: All doors are unlocked when the power supply position is changed from ON to OFF
• MODE 2: All doors are unlocked when shifting the selector lever from any position other than the P to P position
• MODE 3: Driver side door is unlocked when the power supply position is changed from ON to OFF
• MODE 4: Driver side door is unlocked when shifting the selector lever from any position other than the P to P position
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There is something a bit odd about MODE 2 and MODE 4, though. It means precisely what it says. Even though powering off implicitly enables P, powering off will not unlock the doors in these modes. So you have to physically push the Park button.

Separate from these Consult options, you can turn lock or unlock on or off yourself. I found the best way to avoid the Park problem was to run with manual lock. See this thread: Auto self-locking door

Ray
 

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